1. A WISE judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
2. As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
3. An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
4. The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.